A.
For the purpose of this chapter, all words used in
the present tense include the future tense. All words in the plural
number include the singular number, and all words in the singular
number include the plural number, unless the natural construction
of the word clearly indicates otherwise. The word "shall" is mandatory.
The word "used" includes "designated, intended, built or arranged
to be used."
B.
ALTERATION
BOARD
BUILDING
BUILDING AND/OR DEMOLITION PERMIT(S)
BUILDING PERMIT(S) APPLICATION
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
CITY OF EASTON HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION (HDC)
CODE ADMINISTRATOR
COMPLETED APPLICATION
DEMOLITION
DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT
EMERGENCY DEMOLITION
ERECTION
RECONSTRUCTION
SIGN
STRUCTURE
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Any act or process requiring a building permit(s) and any
other act or process not requiring a building permit(s) but specifically
listed in this chapter as a reviewable action, including without limitation
the repair, replacement, reconstruction, demolition or relocation
of any structure or object or any part of a structure which is visible
from the public way.
This refers to the Board of Historical and Architectural
Review, which shall be the same as the City of Easton Historic District
Commission ("HDC"), as defined below.
Any enclosed or open structure that is a combination of materials
to form a construction for occupancy and/or use for human or animal
habitation and is permanently affixed to the land, including manufactured
homes.
An approval statement signed by the Zoning or Code Administrator
authorizing the construction, alteration, reconstruction, repair,
restoration, demolition or razing of all or part of any building listed
within the City of Easton's Historic Resource Inventory. A request
for a demolition permit must be accompanied with a clear statement
of the intended reuse of the property.
The request filed by any person with the Code Administrator
that seeks authorization to erect, alter, reconstruct, repair, restore,
demolish or raze all or a part of any building or structure listed
within the Historic District that requires a certificate of appropriateness.
The approval statement signed by Easton City Council which
certifies to the historical appropriateness of a particular request
for the erection, alternation, reconstruction, restoration, demolition,
or razing of all or a part of any building or structure within the
Historic District and authorizes the issuance of a building permit(s)
for said request.
The agency that advises Easton City Council (applicants for
certificates of appropriateness) on any request for authorization
to erect, alter, reconstruct, repair, restore, demolish all or part
of any building within the Historic District.
Municipal employee(s) or individual(s) retained by the City
of Easton, designated by the City as the individual who enforces compliance
of Building and Fire Codes and issues the permit for the erection,
alteration, reconstruction, repair, restoration, demolition or razing
of all or a part of any building or structure within the Historic
District.
A completed permit or certificate of appropriateness application
is an application which conforms to the submittal criteria for specific
historic preservation projects, as determined by the Historic District
Commission.
The dismantling or tearing down of all or part of any building
and all operations incidental thereto, including neglecting routine
maintenance and repairs which can lead to deterioration and decay.
The absence of routine maintenance and repair which can lead
to a building's or structure's structural weakness, decay and deterioration
resulting in its demolition.
The requirement of whole or partial building demolition on
orders from the Code Administrator to ensure the public health and
safety. Significant effort should be made to retain, reinforce and
preserve the facade of any building considered for demolition.
The result of construction, such as a building, structure,
monument, sign, or object on the ground or on a structure or building.
The act or process of reproducing by new construction the
exact form and detail of a vanished building, structure or object,
or a part thereof, as it appeared at a specific period of time but
not necessarily of original material.
Any display, structure, device or object which incorporates
lettering, logos, colors, lights or illuminated gas tubes visible
to the public from a building or structure, which either conveys a
message to the public or intends to advertise, direct, invite, announce
or draw attention to goods, products, services, activities or facilities,
excluding window displays, merchandise and temporary signs.
Anything constructed or erected having a permanent or semipermanent
location on another structure or in the ground, including without
limitation buildings, sheds, manufactured homes, garages, fences,
gazebos, freestanding signs, billboards, antennas, satellite sending
or receiving dishes, vending machines, decks and swimming pools.
